'13 Places to Eat Before You Die'
On Tony Bourdain's new list in Men's Health (via The Morning News), I'm glad to see I once went to two of the list's restaurants in the same weekend, Russ & Daughters and Katz's Deli. Granted, they're two of the cheapest spots on the list, and both are down the street from my brother's apartment. But still, that counts, right? Just wait til I go to Per Se and elBulli in the same weekend. Then you'll be impressed.
Russ & Daughters started as a pushcart nearly a century ago, and it now serves some of the last traditional Eastern European Jewish-style herring and smoked belly lox, sable, and sturgeon. And since you're close, walk down a few doors to Katz's to remind yourself how pastrami is done right. This is what New Yorkers do better than anybody else. And here's where they do it.
